1. M. Sriram Iyengar, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Health Information Sciences
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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2.  GuideView is a technology for creating and delivering healthcare
advice on multiple platforms especially mobile devices such as
PDAs and cell phones (Windows mobile and iPhones. Others
nearing completion)
 It delivers clinical guidelines in an interactive, step-by-step
format that includes rich media: text, voice/audio, images and
video. This reduces cognitive load.
 This content (called a guideview) is stored in the cell phone – can
operate in resource-poor environments where cellular network
or internet does not exist.
 It is communications-enabled: can automatically make phone
calls (or send emails) to pre-stored phone numbers (or e-mail
addresses) stored in the underlying guideview.
 Two main user components: GuideView Author
and GuideView Player(s).

3. Can easily create the guideline flow as interconnected steps, and embed
text, voice (any language), images/video in each step.
Phone Numbers and email addresses can also be included.

4. Displays the guidelines step by
step.
Does not need access to cell
network or internet.
Information provided with
text, audio (voice) images and
video: can be used even when
patients have low literacy
Records execution of each step
along with time stamp in a
history log. Also includes GPS
location of patient encounter
Can automatically make phone
calls or send emails. SMS
messaging being developed.
Picture shows Spanish
language AIEPI pediatric
protocol executing on Windows
Mobile cell phone

5.  Low availability of physicians and
trained nurses is endemic in many
contexts
◦ Developing countries
◦ Rural areas of developed
countries
 Community Health Workers,
barefoot Doctors, promotores de
salud and similar non-physician
care providers are often the primary
(and only) providers of healthcare to
hundreds of millions.
 These CHWs are mobile
professionals
However, studies have shown that
Community Health Workers (CHWs)
performance is less than optimal
even with support of paper-based
job-aids

6.  Subjects: 50 community health workers in
Medellin, Colombia
 Randomized two-groups two-treatment two-period
crossover – each subject is own control
Period 1 Period 2
Group A Used GuideView on cell phone Used Traditional methods
(paper-based guidelines)
Group B Used Traditional methods
Used GuideView on cell phone
(paper-based guidelines)
Time

7.  Simulated cases •Pediatrics 10
AIEPI – Spanish IMCI (Integral
Management of Childhood Illnesses)
•Pneumonia
•Diarrhea
•Malaria
•Teething
Other Standardized protocols:
•Adult Trauma 10
•Car crash
•Bomb attack/Landmines
•Minor accidents
•Adult Medical Cases 10
•Stroke
•Heart arrest
•Airway obstruction
•Food poisoning

8.  Use of Cell phone GuideView reduces Error rate by
35.15% (p=0.001) as compared to paper materials
 GuideView increases protocol adherence by 35%
 Decreases mental workload
 Decreases frustration
 Decreases overall workload
 Acceptability and intention to use > 90%

9.  Providing interactive, structured rich media clinical
guidelines on cell phones can reduce errors
 Performance of Community health Workers can be
enhanced
 Very high levels of intention to use and usability
indicate that CHWs will find the technology greatly
acceptable

10.  Microsoft Research: Global competition, Cellphone as
platform for Healthcare
 US Army Telemedicine Advanced Technology research
center
 NASA Johnson Space Center (GuideView originally
developed here to assist astronauts provide medical
care to each other on long duration space missions)
Contact: Sriram Iyengar, m.sriram.iyengar@uth.tmc.edu
Mobile: 281 793 4733